Re: [boost] Re: What I Hate About How We Abstract System Dependence

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-07 06:58:01

Tony Juricic wrote:

> Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>
>> Over the past few years, the style of our abstract interfaces for
>> system-dependent features has bothered me more and more. 
>
> > [cut]
>
> Since thread library was the first boost library that I tried to use, 
> right after I "discovered" boost++, I can not agree with you more. My 
> take on it is that people simply don't use it. IMO, current thread 
> library is an old, in those times politically correct, hommage to Java 
> thread classes but in C++.
>
> Some past discussion regarding IMO useless thread-specific ptr 
> indicated to me that people involved with threads are either doing 
> something with threads that is way past my capabilities to understand, 
> or that they are simply playing 'syntactic games' since they don't 
> really use threads except maybe to construe material for magazine 
> aricles and useless trivial examples.

Tone it down. If you think the design of a particular library could be 
improved, then provide some constructive criticism. If you're only here 
to rant, take it elsewhere.

    Doug Gregor
    Moderator